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CHAPTER XXII POWERS, PROCEDURE, OFFENCES AND PENALTIES · Entry and inspection

Section 437: Prohibition of obstruction 1*** in execution of work

The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957

How current this text is

Text as published by India Code (Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice), as on 15 May 2026, with amendments up to the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2026 (8 of 2026).

No person shall obstruct 2*** any person authorised or empowered by or under this Act or any person with whom 3[4[the Corporation]] or any of the municipal authorities specified in section 44 has lawfully contracted, in the execution of his duty or of anything which he is authorised or empowered or required to do by virtue or inconsequence of any of the provisions of this Act or any bye-law made thereunder, or in fulfilment of his contract, as the case may be.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.The words “or molestation” omitted by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch. (w.e.f. 15-5-2026).
  2. 2.The words “or molest” omitted by s. 2 and Sch., ibid. (w.e.f. 15-5-2026).
  3. 3.Subs. by Delhi Act 12 of 2011, s. 2, for “the Corporation” (w.e.f. 13-1-2012).
  4. 4.Subs. by Act 10 of 2022, s. 2, for “a Corporation” (w.e.f. 22-5-2022).